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COMMONWEALTH
OF VIRGINIA,
COUNTYOF ROCKINGHAM,to-wit:
In the Cirouit
Court
of said
The grand
for
jurors
of the Commonwealth of Virginia
the body of the county
Court
at
its
April
term,
of Rockingham,
1935,
the 27th day of February,
Court
able
held
for
county
appears
the trial
Tolly
of the
appeared
~lexander
in the
court
Court,
give
upon said
feloniously
Alexander
Morris
as a witness
should
be the
the said
J.
lexander
became material
Morris
the
Morris
for
to inquire
stopped
said
was killed
on November 9, 1934 and also
John Tolly
night
that
upon the
trial
did not state
they left
said
in the said
depose,
swear,
county
and testify
of November 9, 1934,
shortly
after
and that
there
fact
being
he did not state
feloniously
among other
Alexander
in said
was a dead man down at
he did stop
and noth-
it
Via the night
Hattie
things
having
then and
John Tolly
a short
Henry Raines
whether
or ,, not the
George Morris
Via's,
so sworn as a witness
he did not go into
he and said
he should
or not the said
to inquire
of
upon the trial
aforesaid
at the home of said
aforesaid
and
Clerk
and that
a dead man down at Hattie
John truly
Switzer,
at the home of George Morris
the home of Hattie
John
county,
then and there
oath;
whether
they left
upon
of the
the whole truth,
the felony
time after
said
in said
Switzer
as
aforesaid
the evidence
truth,
was
that
for and on behalf
that
Robert
by Honor-
Morris
court,and
duly sworn by J. Robert
aforesaid,
on
and at the Circuit
the felony
and was then and there
by law to administer
and Alexander
for
that
one Henry Raines,
said
Morris,
upon the trial
of the said
killing
court
trial
do present
one Alexander
of the
said
house thereof
in said
the truth,
authority
there
said
county
Court,
by the records
aforesaid,
said
ing but
for
oaths
in the court
Judge of said
on an indictment
more fully
in said
in and
and now attending
upon their
1935,
said
H. V. Bertram,
tried
said
the
County:
add that
there-
did on the said
willfully
that
that
and corruptly
on the said
night
the home of George Morris
it-orris
left
the Hattie
home at any time that
Via's;
whereas
at the home of -George Morris
that
Via home
night
in truth
night
that
and in
and did
�•ct •
�state
in said
home on that
occasion
down at the home of Hattie
and there
willfully,
upon the
and corruptly
perjury,
against
Morris,
in Court
trial
whereby
they
and dignity
had left
the said
in the county
swear falsely
the peace
This
Hubert
said
Via;
that
a dead man
John Tolly
aforesaid
feloniously,
and €eloniously
and sent
commit willful
of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
indictment
Robert
did then
is found on the testimony
of George Morris,
R. s. Dwy~e and J. Robert Switzer,
Clerk
Morris, and Alexander Morris,l\witnesses
sworn
before
the grand
jury
to give
evidence.
�Perjury
Commonwealth
v) Indictment
John Tolly
Felony
April
term,
1935
True Bill:
.....
Foreman
'Vi tnesses:
George Morris
Hubert Morris
Robert Morris
Alexander Morris
R. s. Dwyer
J". Robert Switzer
D. W. :Earman
Commonwealth's Attorney
�Commonwealth of Virginia:
To the Sheriff
of Rockingham
County,
Greeting:
You are hereby commanded to summon .......................................................................................................... .
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to appear before the Judge of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, at the Court House thereof,
at 9:30 o'clock., a. m., on the ... /£
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to testify and the trnth to say in behalf of the Commonwealth before the GRAND JURY .................... ..
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who stands charged wl'-~·'f~:~y
misde1
And this you shall not omit under Jnnalty of £100. And have then and there this Writ.
Witne;~J·
d,y of
.RfJBERT SWITZ~R, Clerk of our said Court, at the Court House, the ... .f. ..............
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HARIUSONBUIU;,
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�Executed
on the 12th day of April,
1935 by
delivering
a true copy of the within
surnnons
to Geo. :.orris,
Robt. :.orris,
Hubert Horris,
Alex 11:;orris, R. s. Dwyer and c. D. O'nonnell,
each in person.
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�In the Name of the Commonwealth of Virginia:
You are hereby commanded to summon~.~:~~~
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Court House thereof,
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who stands chargedll:tvitl and indicted for a felony 1n-M·de'1nea-no
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And this............
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.................... shall not omit under penalty of £100.
And have then and
there this Writ.
Witness,Pf:[};~T
d,y ,,
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SWITZER, Clerk. of our sa~urt,
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Virginia, Rockingham County, To-Wit:
To the Clerk of the Circuit Court for said County:
1, Hamil ton
Haas,
, Trial Justice for said County, do hereby certify that I
have this day committed,___:J:..._o_h_n
__ T_o_l_l=---e_,y..___
_________________________
to the jail of 5aid County, that.__
_h_im_____
in the
may be tried before the Circuit Court for said County for a felony by
committed in this, that.____
195..5._,inthesaidCounty,
mony which
h_e
____
he
gave
unlawfully
on oath
_
as
Circuit
Court
of said
trial,
against
the peace
and
Given under my hand, this 12th
he.____
did, on the.__ 2_?_t_h
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and feloniously
a witness
upon
commit
the
trial
per.jury
of
County,
which testimony
was
dignity
of the Commonwealth
day of A.priJ
, 19-3.5_.
Bytf;;:;;
day of February
one
in
lex
the
testi-
Morris,
material
upon
of Vireinia.
said
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OF V •
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JOHN TOLLEY
Grand Jury
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C01ITvION';T"rl OF
VIRGINIA:
COUNTYOF ROCKINGHAM,
to-wit:
TO THE SHERIFF OF S ID COUNTY:
You are hereby
commanded, in the name of
the Commonwealth of Virginia,
Robert Morris,
to summon Geo_;rgeMo~fisA
,n
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9. /,2. ~
Hubert
Tuorris,
appear
at the County Court House on Friday,
1935, at the hour of 10: 00 o'clock
before
the Trial
evidence
in behalf
Justice
A~ M., of that
of said County,
to give
of the Commonwealth of Virginia,
in the pending prosecution
Vi~ginia
April
v. John Tolley.
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of the Commonwealth of
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day,
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�COMMONWEALIB
OF VIRGINIA,
COUNTYOF ROCKINGHAM,to-wit:
TO THE SHI!lRIFF OF SAID COUNTY:
Whereas,
this
D. W. Jlarman, Commonwealth' s Attorney,
day made complaint
Haas,
Trial
Judge of said
day of February,
ful
1935,
and corrupt
upon the
for
county
the said
having
ris
left
ceeded
at
tell
time,
county
upon the
that
they
r.forris
and in fact
said
John Tolly
George Morris,
et als,
in the Circuit
Henry Raines,
trial,
the
said
after
Alex Morris,
that
on that
did stop,
George Morris
Via home, and while
commit wil£
which he gave on oath
there
that
they
and which
he and Alex Mor-
the said
they pro-
did not stop
and that
he did not
or at any other
Vias;
along
Court
John Tolly
they
occasion,
shortly
left
that
night,
a dead man at Hattie
the home of the said
Hattie
did feloniously
immediately
at all
add others
left
said
on the 27th
Via on November 9, 1934 that
to the home of the said
George Morris
John Tolly
killing
oahh that
CE"~C.E
me, Hamilton
of one Alex Morris
the home of Hattie
the home of"~
that
for feloniously
under
before
in the testimony
trial
was material
testified
County,
in said
perjury
as a witness
testimony
and information
has
whereas
in truth
with Alex Morris,
after
they left
John Tolly
told
at
the
the
said
a dead man down at Hattie
Via's.
These are therefore
Virginia
to command you forthwith
and bring
him before
Harrisonburg,
dealt
with according
to answer
to law,
Hubert Morris,
Dwyer, and J. Robert
to testify
Switzer
as witnesses
of the said
to apprehend
me, or some other
Virginia
George Morris,
matter
in the name of the Commonwealth
Given under
my hand
said
of said
complaint
and you are moreover
Alex Morris,
to appear
on behalf
complaint.
the
Justice
the said
at
Robert
m~
John Tolly
county
at
and be further
required
Morris,
to summon
R.
s.
the same time and place
of the Commonwealth touching
the
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ARREST WARRANT
The Commonwealth of Virginia,}T
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. h am C ounty,
o-w1.
R oc k 1ng
To the Sheriff of said County:
Whereas, _D_._W_._E_a_rm
__a_n__,,'--C_o_mm_o_n_w_e_a_l_t_h_'_s_A_t_t_o~r_n_e-y
_____
of said County, has this day
made comp] aint and information on oath before me,,_""H,,.,,am=,,,,_i.,,,l,.__,t<->o"--"n"'----..H.......,,,a..,,a,....s
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T. J. OT J. P.
of the said County, that.--"'J-=o::..:h=:n=-=---!eT:..eo::..:l:=:l=e..,_y
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of the said County, on the_-=2-'-?_,t=h,._
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unlawfully
and
Commonwealth
County,
gainst
of
Virginia
the
peace
commit
v.
Alex
and
perjury
Morris,
dignity
_
, 19---3.5_,in the said County, did ___
dav of February
feloniously
_
while
in
of
the
the
testifying
Circuit
Commonwealth
in
Court
of
the
of
case
_
of
Rockingham
Virginia.
These are therefore, in the name of the Commonwealth of Virginia, to command you forthwith to apprehend and bring
before the Trial Justice of the said County, the body of the said,____________________
John
____________________
_
Tolley
to answer the said complaint and to be further dealt with according
to law. And you are required to summon,____________________________
-------------------------------------evidence in behalf of the Commonwealth, on the examination touching the said offence.
_
to appear and give
�STATE OF VIRGINIA-COUNTY
OF ROCKINGHAM,
TO-WIT:
I, ___________________________________
, in and for the County of Rockingham,
(T. J. or J.P. or Bail Commissioner)
of Virginia, do hereby certify that _________________________________
___________________
Commonwealth
_____
and _______
as his suret. ____
, have this day acknowledged
of Virginia in the sum of _________________________
which they severally waived their exemption,
themselves
____________________________
_
indebted
Jollars ($ ________
to be made and levied of their goods and chattels, yet upon this condition:
State
to the
) as to
That the said
shall appear before the Trial Justice Court of Rockingham
County at
________________________
,, on the _______
day of ____________
, 193__ , at ____
_
o'clock A. M .. and not depart hence without leave of said Court, and at such other time or times to which the proceedings may be continued or further heard, and before any court or judge hereafter having or holding any proceedings in connection with said charge,
and then and there al1swer the Commonwealth
of Virginia concerning the within charge until the same is finally disposed of, then
this recognizance shall be null and void; otherwise to remain in full force and effect.
Given u1.der my hand this, the
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Rockingham County Criminal Court: Criminal Cases
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Commonwealth v John Tolley
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Felony
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Tolley